This isn’t an isolated incident. According to a study done across 22 countries and involving 1600 women, a majority of the women surveyed had experienced catcalling before they turned 17. Also more than half of the women reported that they had been fondled or groped without their permission. This shows that sexual harassment in all its forms is truly a problem for women all over the world and from a very young age.

This incident has shocked the school and the whole community and the police are currently searching for the two men responsible. Just the fact that these two men catcalled a 15-year-old girl on her way to school and continued to even after she showed absolutely no interest in responding to them in anyway is wrong enough. But that these two men then decide to shoot her in her arm with a pellet gun, is completely and utterly unacceptable.

No one, no matter their age should have to fear violent attacks because they don’t want to respond to people sexually harassing them.

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